Saddle-stirrup.



S. HARMS.

SADDLE STIRRUP. AiPLIUATION FILED JULY 1-5, 1913.

1,087,762. Patented Feb. 17, 1914.

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SEBO HARIVIS, 0F DANFORTH, ILLINOIS.

SADDLE-STIERUP.

Application filed July 15, 1913.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 17, 1914. Serial No. 779,163.

To all whom it may concern:

it known that I, Snno l-lninus, a citizen of the United States, residing at Danforth, in the county of Iroquois and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in fSaddleSt-irrups, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to saddle stirrups,

and it has particular reference to safety stirrups.

The invention has for its object to produce a safety stirrup of simple and improved construction wherein the foot rest shall be detachably connected with a supporting member in such a fashion that an upward strain of the foot will cause the parts to become disconnected, thereby preventing the rider from being injured in case he should be thrown from the horse or in case of other accidents.

A further object of the invention is to produce a safety stirrup of simple and im proved construction, the parts of which may be readily disconnected or disassembled.

With these and other ends in view which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation, is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the claims may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawing,-Figure 1 is a side elevation partly in section of a stirrup constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same. Fig. 3 is a side view partly in section showing the parts of the stirrup disconnected. Fig. 4 is an end view of the foot rest member.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like characters of reference.

The foot rest member 6 of the improved stirrup consists of a flat foot piece at the ends of which are formed upturned brackets 7. Said brackets are provided at their upper ends with vertical slots 8 intersected by transverse pins 9.

The supporting member of the improved stirrup consists of a yoke comprising two lnnbs 10 which are connected together hing edly by means of a pivot member 11. The lower end of each limb 10 is reduced to form a shoulder or offset 12 and a flat downward extension 13, the latter being provided with a notch 14 whereby a hook 15 is formed at the lower extremity thereof. The shoulders of offsets 12 are adapted to rest on the upper extremities of the limbs 7 of the foot piece, the flattened reduced portions 13 being adapted to engage the notches 8, and the hook 15 engaging the transverse pins 9. Each limb 10 is also provided with a laterally extending hook 16, said hooks being connected together by a spring 17, the ten sion of which will be exerted to maintain the hooked extensions 13 in engagement 'with the pins 9, thereby maintaining the parts of the stirrup in assembled relation. The spring 1?, which may be an ordinary coiled spring, extends between the limbs 10 of the yoke a suitable distance above and in substantially parallel relation to the foot piece (3, so that it will in no wise interfere with the use of the stirrup in the customary manner. The said spring is, furthermore, protected by means of a tubular casing 19 which terminally abuts on the limbs 10 so as to limit the movement of said limbs toward each other. Said tubular casing which is large enough to receive the hooks 16 in the open ends thereof presents a smooth finish which will not injure the foot wear of the rider, and it will be made of such a length. as to maintain the limbs 10 in proper spaced relation to cause the hooks 15 to become assembled with the pins 9 without hugging the said pins so tightly as to interfere with the successful operation of the device.

In practice, the improved stirrup is suspended in the usual manner from the saddle strap, a portion of which is shown at 18, and it is used in the well known and conventional manner. If the rider should be thrown, the stress 'of the foot against either one of the limbs 10 of the supporting member exerted either directly or through one of the side members of the foot rest will move such limb outward against the tension of the spring 17, sufficiently to disengage the hook 15 at the opposite side of the stirrup from the pin or cross piece 9, thereby causing the parts of the stirrup to become disassembled and the foot to be instantly released, thus obviating all danger of the rider being dragged over the ground.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

1. In a safety stirrup, a foot support having upwardly extending terminal brackets, each provided with a notch, and a pin extending transversely across the same, in combination with a supporting member consisting of a yoke comprising two pivotally connected members, each having a terminal reduced portion notched to form a pin engaging hook, and a spring connecting the limbs and forcing them in the direction of one another.

2. In a safety stirrup, a yoke comprising two pivotally connected limbs having terminal hooks, a foot support having up wardly extending terminal brackets engaged by said hooks, a spring connecting the limbs of the yoke, and a tubular casing for said spring.

3. In a safety stirrup, a yoke comprising two pivotally connected limbs, each having a terminal hook, a foot piece having terminal upwardly extending brackets connected with the hooks, a coiled spring terminally connected with the limbs of the yoke, and a tubular casing for said spring terminally abutting on the limbs to limit the movement of the latter.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SEBO HARMS.

WVitnesses:

ALBANY TVVILSON, ETHEL H. BUSH.

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